Quantum Digital Humanities. Refinements.

Full-scale quantum computer [ QC ] is not existing now, however, mathematical software for quantum computer is well-developing area of modern quantum computing. Some applications of QC -software could be used in humanities and social sciences , for example, quantum game theory inspired by quantum software can demonstrate advanced results in the arts, anthropology, politics, economics, historical reconstructions and simulations of randomness. Another area of Quantum DH is quantum cryptography. Generally speaking , quantum digital humanities can perform a new way of cooperation between "two cultures" and, may be, to achieve real approximation to Ancient Dream of the Classical Greeks - Super Unification of Humanities, Social and Natural sciences, in general.

Discussion Forum

This group does not have any discussions yet.

Comment Wall

Comment

You need to be a member of The Unit for Quantum Digital Humanities to add comments!

A consortium of academic and industrial partners led by Oxford University will deliver quantum technologies including building a small fully-functional and scalable quantum computer.

The Oxford-led Hub for Networked Quantum Information Technologies (NQIT) will look to combine state of the art systems for controlling particles of light (photons) together with devices that control matter at the atomic level to develop technologies for the future of communications and computing.

NQIT is one of four Quantum Technology Hubs that will be funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) from the £270 million investment in the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme announced by the Chancellor, George Osborne in his Autumn Statement of 2013. NQIT will receive a total of almost £38m of government funding.

The flagship goal of NQIT is to build the Q20:20 machine, a fully-functional small quantum computer. This device, targeted to be operational within five years, would far exceed the size of any previous quantum information processor. Crucially its design is fundamentally scalable, so that it would open the pathway to quantum computers big enough to tackle any problem.

Applications of the technology include 'machine learning' – the challenge of making a machine that can understand patterns and meaning within data without having to be 'taught' by a human.

'Quantum Computing will enable users to solve problems that are completely intractable on conventional supercomputers. Meanwhile Quantum Simulation provides a way to understand and predict the properties of complex systems like advanced new materials or drugs, by using a quantum device to mimic the system under study' said NQIT's Director Professor Ian Walmsley of Oxford University's Department of Physics

Idea of Global Contest 2013:The past century in fundamental physics has shown a steady progression away from thinking about physics, at its deepest level, as a description of material objects and their interactions, and towards physics as a description of the evolution of information about and in the physical world. Moreover, recent years have shown an explosion of interest at the nexus of physics and information, driven by the "information age" in which we live, and more importantly by developments in quantum information theory and computer science.

We must ask the question, though, is information truly fundamental or not? Can we realize John Wheeler’s dream, or is it unattainable? We ask: ”It From Bit or Bit From It?”

Possible topics or sub-questions include, but are not limited to:

What IS information? What is its relation to “Reality”?

How does nature (the universe and the things therein) “store” and “process” information?

How does understanding information help us understand physics, and vice-versa?

"A $15m computer that uses "quantum physics" effects to boost its speed is to be installed at a Nasa facility. It will be shared by Google, Nasa, and other scientists, providing access to a machine said to be up to 3,600 times faster than conventional computers.This allows it to reach solutions to certain types of mathematical problems in fractions of a second "

according to a paper presented this week (the result of benchmarking tests required by Nasa and Google), it is very fast indeed at finding the optimal solution to a problem that potentially has many different combinations of answers.

In one case it took less than half a second to do something that took conventional software 30 minutes.

A classic example of one of these "combinatorial optimisation" problems is that of the travelling sales trader, who needs to visit several cities in one day, and wants to know the shortest path that connects them all together in order to minimise their mileage.The D-Wave Two chip can compare all the possible itineraries at once, rather than having to work through each in turn.

The term "Anthropomatics" was coined by a Karlsruhe informatics professor ten years ago as the science of symbiosis between human and humanoid and refers to a research field, which focuses on human-centered environments, with an aim to researching and developing people-friendly systems using informatics.

This is only possible if we have a basic understanding and the modelling of people e.g. in terms of anatomy, motorics, perception, behaviour and how information is processed.

"Robots are machines. It follows that the study of robotics is carried out in the natural sciences in disciplines such as engineering, physics, biology, and medicine. On the other hand, human nature is studied in the humanities in disciplines such as philosophy, history, literature, and the visual and performing arts. Although some disciplines such as mathematics transcend both the natural sciences and the humanities, the divide between robotics and the humanities is huge. Or so it seems.

Robotics began as the study of automation and automatic machines. But this is changing. It is now taking on new roles that go well beyond mechanistic automation, impacting directly on people in their everyday lives. Robots perform surgery on people (with a little help from human doctors) and, in the form of adaptive prosthetic devices, robots replace missing limbs in humans. In recent years, research in cognitive robotics seeks not only to replicate human intelligence in robots but also to use these robots as tools to understand cognition in humans. Despite all this, robotics is still perceived to be anchored completely in the natural sciences. This needs to change.

While there is still a long way to go before robots become intelligent in the way humans are, the clear goal is that they will be some day. However, we still have not answered the most frequently asked question in science fiction: to what extent can a robot become like a human? Since science fiction has a habit of becoming science fact, this is a crucial question, among other things, because it gives us the opportunity to fantasize about plausible snapshots of the future and what a world, populated by autonomous artificial systems, may look like. The influence of the humanities on the study of robotics is rapidly growing, for the simple reason that robotics is becoming a part of humanity: assisting, interacting,, and enabling people in an increasing number of ways. The humanities are the domain of human nature and the natural sciences are the domain of robotics but the two are not separate. If it is to be effective, robotics must take into account our understanding of humanity "...

Experimental work in the social sciences in Oxford had been started by Michael Bacharach in the 1990s, but following his untimely death in 2002, it had faded away [see here for archive of Michael’s papers]. The Centre for Experimental Social Sciences (CESS), created by Nuffield College in February 2008, resumes the experimental initiative in Oxford.

Tue 29 Jan 2013

17:00

Butler Room

Andrew Schotter

New York University

On Blame and Reciprocity: Theory and Experiments

Comment : There is an analogy with Quantum telepathy games - it is posible to perform test for blame notion with players- computers.

Thought mathematical experiments, quantum protocols and algorithms are used to aware of future quantum reality as well as to be part of the most advanced scientific adventure of the 21st century.

Book 2.0 Project with CRASSH

Cambridge

Book 2.0 is a new, interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal which aims to publish articles and reviews on developments in book creation and design - including the latest in technology and software affecting illustration, design and book production. Book 2.0 will also explore innovations in distribution, marketing and sales, and book consumption, and in the research, analysis and conservation of book-related professional practices. Book 2.0 aims to provide a forum for promoting and sharing the most original and progressive practice in the teaching of writing, illustration, book design and production, and publishing across all educational sectors.

QCRYPT 2012

September 10th – 14th, 2012, Singapore

Quantum cryptography aims to achieve security from fundamental physical principles, such as the quantum mechanical phenomena of entanglement and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. In the last few years significant progress has been made in the theoretical understanding of quantum cryptography and its technological feasibility has been demonstrated experimentally. Quantum cryptography is therefore regarded as one of the most promising candidates for a future quantum technology.

QCRYPT is a new conference series on Quantum Cryptography. The first event took place at ETH Zurich September 2011, and was a resounding success with nearly 140 participants both from theoretical and experimental research groups, making it the largest conference in this area. The second event will take place at the National University of Singapore.

Digital Humanities Congress 2012

University of Sheffield, 6 - 8 September 2012

The University of Sheffield's Humanities Research Institute with the support of the Network of Expert Centres and Centernet

"At Sheffield we understand the digital humanities to mean the use of technology within arts, heritage and humanities research as both a method of inquiry and a means of dissemination. We’re therefore excited to have a varied programme with speakers from disciplines across the arts, humanities and heritage domains " .